Sustainability strategies: experimentation with Patagonian fish leather in apparel and textile design

Authors

  • Gabriela Alatsis CONICET-UBA Argentina
  • María Eugenia Correa CONICET-UBA Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Idiseno.2022.v17i.13143

Keywords:

Sustainability – Sustainable design – Clothing and textile design – Public politics – Cooperative work
Agencies: National Council for Scientific and Technical Research

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the issue of sustainability in clothing and textile design. To do this, a collective project is tackled between the Municipality of Quilmes and the Province of Chubut, based on the design of garments and accessories, based on experimentation with Patagonian fish leather.

In 2013, within the framework of the Market of Cultural Industries of Argentina (MICA), the coordinators of the project "Towards a comprehensive use of catches: tanning of fish skins and making clothing, footwear and accessories", promoted by the Chubut Fisheries Secretariat, they contacted the heads of the Operational Directorate of Cultural Industries of the Municipality of Quilmes. The objective of this joint work was to apply Patagonian fish leather in products developed by Quilmeño designers, in order to avoid the generation of waste and environmental pollution produced by its disposal.

From a qualitative approach, based on the technique of interviews, and the survey of secondary sources, this article analyzes the sustainability criteria supported by these public policies, the benefits and limits that the manufacture of sustainable products entails, as well as cooperative work between designers, artisans and public officials.

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Author Biographies

Gabriela Alatsis, CONICET-UBA

Gabriela Alatsis is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She has a degree in Sociology (UBA). She is a CONICET doctoral fellow at the Gino Germani Research Institute of the Faculty of Social Sciences (UBA). She is a regular JTP professor of the subject “Introduction to Sociology” at the Arturo Jauretche National University (UNAJ). She is a member of two research projects UBACyT and PICT, directed by Dr. Paula Miguel, on the symbolic-aesthetic valorization in the production and circulation of the creative industries. She is also part of the Design and Society Study Group of the Gino Germani Research Institute, led by Dr. María Eugenia Correa. She was a fellow of the Graduate Mobility Program of the Network of Macrouniversities of the Caribbean and Latin America to carry out a research instance abroad. He has published book chapters and various articles in referenced magazines on the production and circulation of clothing design in Argentina and its relationship with public policies, focusing on the practices of producers, cultural managers, forms of mediation and different spaces. circulation of the design, particularly in peripheral areas of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

María Eugenia Correa, CONICET-UBA

María Eugenia Correa is a Doctor in Social Sciences (UBA). Master in Sociology of Culture (IDAES-UNSAM). She has a degree in Sociology (UBA). She is an adjunct researcher at CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) at the Gino Germani Research Institute of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She coordinates the Design and Society Study Group at this Institute. She is an undergraduate and graduate teacher at this Faculty. She is the author of the book Between industry and self-management. Identity construction and professional insertion of industrial designers, the result of her doctoral thesis on this field of study. She has also written several articles on design, fashion and industrial design, sustainability, in national and international scientific magazines.

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Published

2022-12-25

How to Cite

Alatsis, G., & Correa, M. E. (2022). Sustainability strategies: experimentation with Patagonian fish leather in apparel and textile design. I+Diseño. Revista Científica De Investigación Y Desarrollo En Diseño, 17, 131–148. https://doi.org/10.24310/Idiseno.2022.v17i.13143

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